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Students injured as Pa. school bus flips on side

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Updated: 2:14 PM EDT May 17, 2017

EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

Fourteen students were injured in a crash Wednesday morning involving a school bus in eastern Pennsylvania.

One student was airlifted to another hospital for more critical treatment following the crash of a Lancaster Mennonite bus in East Lampeter Township. A second student is also awaiting a transfer. The other students, 12 of them, have all been discharged.

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"One student was ejected from the bus," reads a statement from the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. "The student was seriously injured."

The crash happened around 8 a.m. on Lincoln Highway East (Route 30) near the intersection of Route 896. Route 30 is closed between Route 896 and North Cherry Lane. As of 11 a.m., officials expected the road to remain closed for another two hours, possibly longer.

Police say they are looking for a late model, white sedan with front-end damage in connection with the crash. The car was last seen traveling east on Route 30. The car was seen by witnesses passing other vehicles. If you have any information that could help investigators, contact the East Lampeter police at 717-291-4676.

"Initial information indicates the wanted driver (described only as a male) caused the crash by attempting to pass two tractor-trailers and their escort vehicles while headed east on Lincoln Highway East. The bus was traveling west. As the sedan driver was making the pass (into the opposing lane), the bus was approaching from that lane. The sedan veered back into the east lane, striking the rear of an escort vehicle. That escort vehicle was pushed into the westbound lane and side-swiped the bus, causing the bus to yaw and impact one of the tractor-trailer’s load. The bus then tipped onto its side," the DA's office says.

Initially 14 students, ranging in age from 7 to 16, the bus driver and the driver of the escort vehicle were all taken to the hospital. Three of the injured were trauma patients.